Regional Sales Manager Job Opportunity – Britania Allied Industries Limited

Job Title:    Regional Sales Manager
Organisation: Britania Allied Industries Limited
Duty Station: Mbarara, Uganda
Reports to: Sales Manager
About Britania:
Britania
Products (U) Ltd. was set up in 1992 as a small unit for manufacturing biscuits
and bread. A confectionery unit was added to this in 1998. To utilize the
abundant natural resources of fruits and vegetables in the country, Britania
Foods (U) Ltd., a modern fruit and vegetable processing unit blossomed into
existence in mid 1995. In late 2002, Britania Products and Britania Foods
merged and a new entity Britania Allied Industries Ltd. was instituted. The
Corporate Office and the factory remained in Ntinda Industrial Area in Kampala,
a contributory factor being the land owned by the company and available for
expansion.
Job Summary: The Regional Sales Manager will be responsible
for managing the day to day marketing activities of the organization and long
term marketing strategy for the company in the west.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Manages and directs a sales force to achieve
    sales and profit goals within the Western region.
  • Establishes sales objectives by creating a
    sales plan and quota for districts in support of national objectives.
  • The incumbent will accomplish regional sales
    human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training,
    assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees in
    assigned districts.
  • Routinely communicates job expectations to
    the Western Region Sales Team, plans, and monitors, appraises, and reviews
    job contributions; plans and reviews compensation actions while enforcing
    policies and procedures of the organization.
  • The incumbent meets regional sales financial objectives
    by forecasting requirements, preparing an annual budget, scheduling
    expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
  • Achieves regional sales operational
    objectives by contributing regional sales information and recommendations
    to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans
  • The incumbent will maintain quality, and
    customer-service standards, resolving customer problems timely, carry out
    audits, identify market trends, determining regional sales system improvements
    and hence implement change.
  • Maintains and expands customer base by
    building and maintaining rapport with key customers and identifying new
    customer opportunities.
  • Manages any promotional activities for new
    and the slow moving products within the region to enhance sales by
    conquering a wider market.
  • Conducts a survey on consumer needs and
    trends, threatening competitors and reporting back appropriately to Top
    Management.
  • Actively participate in the regional trade
    fairs with the support of the promotion team to create awareness and
    maximize sales profits.
  • The incumbent may recommend product or
    service enhancements to improve customer satisfaction and sales potential.
     



Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should hold a BBA or BCom or Bachelors
    in International Business. Possession of a Post graduate Diploma in
    Marketing or any other will be an added advantage
  • A minimum of three to five years of relevant
    territory management experience
  • Excellent analytical and project marketing
    skills
  • Good organizational and planning skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and cross-cultural
    skills
  • Excellent commercial knowledge and market
    analysis techniques
  • Excellent communication and negotiation
    skills.
  • Impeccable level of integrity
  • Result-oriented
  • Excellent computer skills.
  • Proficiency in the language of the respective
    region i.e. Kampala and Mbarara
How to Apply:
All
suitably qualified candidates should submit letters of application specifying
their field of study together with an updated CV, contact number (s), copies of
relevant certificates, names and details of three references to: The Human
Resource Manager, Britania Allied Industries Ltd., P.O. Box 7518, Kampala,
Uganda.
Deadline: 15th July, 2016 by 5.00 p.m.

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